Public bug reported: Yesterday I upgraded to Ubuntu 15.04 "Vivid Vervet", and I couldn't launch a gnome-terminal. Shift+Ctrl+T didn't seem to do anything, nor did typing "terminal" into the dash. Fortunately, xterm still worked. Typing "ps aux" (into an xterm terminal) revealed a few instances marked "defunct".
The problem turns out to be my custom locale. (I didn't discover this myself, except by using Google.) I typed "LANG=en_US.UTF-8" into my xterm terminal, and then "gnome-terminal &", and then I had a gnome- terminal running. This bug should be fairly easy to replicate once a custom locale has been installed. I'll attach my custom locale file "rob_custom" to this bug, which could be used for testing the bug. (My locale is based on en_US.UTF-8 but uses 24-hour time, YYYY-MM-DD dates, and the metric system.) To install the custom locale, go to http://lh.2xlibre.net/help/install_locale/ and download the "install_locale.py" script. The first line of the script will need to be changed from ""#!usr/bin/env python" to "#!/usr/bin/python", and the script will need to be made executable of course. Download the "rob_custom" file from this bug, and put it in /usr/share/i18n/locales/ . Then run "install_locale.py /usr/share/i18n/locales/rob_custom", which should successfully install the locale. Installing the locale won't make it your default locale. To change the locale temporarily, change the LANG environment variable, i.e. "LANG=rob_custom.UTF-8". The attachment to this bug consists of a .zip file composed of two files: my custom locale "rob_custom", and a simple program file locale- test.c, which can be compiled with the command "gcc -o locale-test locale-test.c". The program displays the date and time strings according to the installed locale, which is useful for testing whether the locale has been changed successfully. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04 Package: gnome-terminal 3.14.2-0ubuntu3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-15.15-generic 3.19.3 Uname: Linux 3.19.0-15-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.17.2-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Sat Apr 25 15:28:38 2015 InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-11-24 (517 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Release amd64 (20131016.1) SourcePackage: gnome-terminal UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to vivid on 2015-04-24 (1 days ago) ** Affects: gnome-terminal (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug vivid ** Attachment added: "contains a custom locale "rob_custom", and locale-test.c, a simple program for testing the installed locale" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1448563/+attachment/4384297/+files/rob_custom.zip -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-terminal in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1448563 Title: terminal won't launch with a customized locale To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-terminal/+bug/1448563/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
